Author: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus
Nam Exported 49,051 kg of Hides and Skins in September 2025
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The September 2025 statistics on livestock marketing have indicated that Namibia has exported 49,051 kilograms of animal skins stripped from slaughtered animals. These are referred to as hides and skins exports and…
Call for Namibia to Shift from Non-Transformational Growth
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The executive director of the Ministry of Finance has consented that Namibia needs to shift from economic growth for its own sake to growth that is linked to economic transformation, adding that the current government policies have…
Govt Financing Needs to Increase to N$33.6 billion
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The gap (budget deficit) between the government’s planned expenditure and its expected revenue for the 2026 Financial Year is expected to widen from N$12.8 billion to N$15.8 billion. As a result, together with other financial…
ECB Workshops to Deliberate Green Scheme Electricity Tariffs
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The Electricity Control Board (ECB) will host workshops to engage the public, including the private sector, regarding the plight of electricity costs being experienced at various green schemes, which hampers production and food security. In an…
Prosecute Financial Crimes to be De-Greylisted
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Namibia’s chance to be delisted as a country susceptible to financial crimes – due to its fragile ability to detect and stop said crimes – hinges on proving that it can investigate and prosecute money…
Cheaper Credit Not Enough to Stimulate Property Sector
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Analysis of the building activities for the month of September 2025 for Windhoek and Swakopmund show that cheaper credit proves insufficient in stimulating more investment in the property sector. Simonis Storm researchers have indicated…
Only 37% of Nam’s Power Produced Locally in August
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala In August 2025, own generation contributed 37.4 percent (141 962 MWh) of the total electricity supplied to the domestic economy, while imports made up the remaining 62.6 percent (237 734 MWh). The preceding month, July 2025, the…
Omburu Battery Storage Received its Power Conversion System
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Namibia’s first utility-scale battery storage project has received some of its eight (8) Power Conversion Systems (PCS), the country’s power utility updated last week. According to NamPower updates, the PCS containers will be used to convert Alternating…
Hopes on AfCFTA Liberalisation to Cushion AGOA Loss
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Various African countries are facing economic shocks, such as production slowdown, export revenue fall, retrenchment, and competitiveness edge after the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) came to an end in September 2025. Will the liberalisation of…
Shafudah Juggles Budget Allocation to Avoid Fiscal Slippery Slope
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The Treasury will be decreasing the budgetary allocation of low-performing projects to support the most urgent priorities. This is to avoid the national operational budget of FY2025/26 going beyond N$89.4 billion as initially planned,…